A former employee of South Korea’s foreign ministry has been charged with embezzlement after attempting to sell a hat that belonged to BTS’s Jungkook.
The unnamed person put the hat up for sale online in October last year for ten million won (approximately £6500). In the listing, the seller said that the item had been left at the ministry building in Seoul when Jungkook visited to apply for a passport.
They then claimed that they were now the hat’s rightful owner as it had not been claimed six months after being reported as lost property.
The listing attracted a lot of negative attention from BTS fans, who seemingly did not agree with the seller’s view on the hat’s change of ownership. As a result of this, the seller deleted the listing the following day and handed themselves in to the police.
Following a police investigation, the suspect was referred to prosecutors in November last year. Yesterday, according to Yonhap News, they were formally charged with embezzlement. Prosecutors are seeking for the person to be fined and not face any prison time.
And the good news is that prosecutors reportedly plan to return the hat to Jungkook.